All Shapes and Sizes
People are like shapes. They come in all different sizes and designs, some just unique to
themselves. Everyone is different in some way. By personality or whether it's by image,
everyone is different. Today, however, it seems many try to fit in with each other and society
rather than be themselves. This concept is greatly illustrated in the characters of Fahrenheit 451
written by Ray Bradbury. It shows how two people can be completely different yet the same in
words, thoughts, and actions.
Society can influence a person's actions, thoughts, words, looks, and almost everything
about you, into what society suggests it should be. However, there are also those who do not
go with society but are labeled …show more content…
In a simple instant, Mildred had begun to think as
Montag did, and they were noticeable similar but now it has gone back to reality for Mildred.
She knows that everyone else would not tolerate this and no one else had books, so she
insisted that they be burned and not kept.
Overall, throughout the story, Mildred shows just how little desire she has to deal or
help in Montag's troubles. She ignores most of what he trying to convey to her because of the
TV and she has also attempted suicide and later, not remembering doing so. Other than a small
thought over curiosity for the wonder, words, and ideas that are in books, she is more different
than Montag in many ways. She even has the betrayal actions when she calls Beatty herself to
say that they had books but in the end is upset that she also has burned her own life down. Her
TV's were burned and now she no longer has them.
This also shows the difference in the life focus of these characters. Montag was more
worried not only at the materials being burnt, the books themselves, but the information,
People are like shapes. They come in all different sizes and designs, some just unique to
themselves. Everyone is different in some way. By personality or whether it's by image,
everyone is different. Today, however, it seems many try to fit in with each other and society
rather than be themselves. This concept is greatly illustrated in the characters of Fahrenheit 451
written by Ray Bradbury. It shows how two people can be completely different yet the same in
words, thoughts, and actions.
Society can influence a person's actions, thoughts, words, looks, and almost everything
about you, into what society suggests it should be. However, there are also those who do not
go with society but are labeled …show more content…
In a simple instant, Mildred had begun to think as
Montag did, and they were noticeable similar but now it has gone back to reality for Mildred.
She knows that everyone else would not tolerate this and no one else had books, so she
insisted that they be burned and not kept.
Overall, throughout the story, Mildred shows just how little desire she has to deal or
help in Montag's troubles. She ignores most of what he trying to convey to her because of the
TV and she has also attempted suicide and later, not remembering doing so. Other than a small
thought over curiosity for the wonder, words, and ideas that are in books, she is more different
than Montag in many ways. She even has the betrayal actions when she calls Beatty herself to
say that they had books but in the end is upset that she also has burned her own life down. Her
TV's were burned and now she no longer has them.
This also shows the difference in the life focus of these characters. Montag was more
worried not only at the materials being burnt, the books themselves, but the information,